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Monday, 3 January 2011

Last Happy Dance of 2010....

... OK so this is a little late. I finished Pooh and Eeyore in front of Battlestar Galactica on the 30th, washed and ironed it, but didn't have time to post as we had visitors for New Year. So here it is a few days later than planned:



I had a lovely New Year celebrations with old friends - a 3 day / 2 night eating extravaganza!! It was the best New Year I've had in years - pretty low key and spent with people I care about. On New Years Day we went to Roundhay Park to let the kids run off some steam (and get some needed fresh air), watched Shrek 2 and went out for curry... Everyone left after a lateish lunch yesterday, at which point we crashed out!

Today I need to drive Eddy (and his many presents) back to Nottingham, and it's back to work tomorrow... once again the holidays seem far too short. I think I'll post my yearly review and goals over the course of this week.

Happy 2011 everyone :)

Sunday, 17 October 2010

FT Happy Dance!!

Yes, it's finally finished:


Fantasy Triptych, (c) Teresa Wentzler

I really slowed towards the end of this project. I think subconsciously I didn't want to finish it...

Last night we watched Wallander in Swedish - so once again I did some knitting so I could read the sub-titles!! I started my second scarf for Cancer Research UK:



After finishing FT tonight I picked up Pooh and Eeyore and finished the xs. And yes Avivah, there were a few more stitches in that gap!!! I've just started the bs, and will share another photo in the week. I seem to be having a very productive October, which is lovely... wonder how many things I can finish before the New Year!

Sunday, 15 August 2010

A perfect weekend

This weekend has been so lovely. And it's hard to say what exactly made it perfect... we did very little, but achieved a lot, and were very chilled out all of the time. Plus I did LOADS of crafts... and not all cross stitch!

On Friday night I finished Sunflower charms, and picked up Peacock firescreen. We ate a veggie lasagne - courgette and swiss chard - with roast potatoes, and most of the veggies were homegrown.

Saturday I did the food shopping, started Pooh and Eeyore, I blogged and did some knitting in front of Wallander (the Swedish version, which I LOVE. I can knit and read subtitles, a useful new form of multitasking...). Eddy did loads of tidying in the garden. We watched a movie. I sorted through my wardrobe - only 6 items that are too small, and lots that are too big have been moved to the spare wardrobe ready to be given to charity or part exchange for money off (a new Monsoon initiative, which I can't wait to take advantage of). I don't have many clothes, but at least I know which ones fit. I still need to sort through the shelves though... many t-shirts!

Sunday I did some more on Pooh and Eeyore, Dave came over and fixed out dripping tap (this has been an epic tale of non-tap fixing until now...), we harvested artichokes and potatoes, and ate artichokes and peas, Greek-style roast potatoes, feta and bread for lunch - and ate on the patio, for once it wasn't cold and rainy. I pulled out some quilting stuff and made 3 blocks - my second attempt at quilting and much more successful than last time! I took Eddy to the station (not so good) then came home and cooked some new weight watchers recipes - for tea tonight and for tomorrow.

So for not doing much I was pretty busy! Now I just need to pick a movie and a craft and veg out until bedtime. Until then, here are some photos of the results of my labour (none of the knitting though - I've now done 45cm of the scarf, but it looks pretty similar to last time!):